Dumfries was occupied by the Jacobite army during both the advance south and the retreat north in 1745. The town was heavily Presbyterian and anti-Jacobite in sentiment — Dumfries and Galloway were among the least Jacobite regions of Scotland, with strong Covenanting traditions. When the Jacobites demanded a ransom and supplies from Dumfries during the retreat in December 1745, the town authorities resisted initially. A Jacobite detachment occupied the town by force. Prince Charles demanded payment for the horses his army had requisitioned on the march south — the town eventually paid. Government militia in Dumfries had fled before the Jacobite advance, leaving the town defenceless.
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